Is Supports Second Level Address Translation (EPT or NPT) required to use Hyper-V?

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This page, https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server-docs/get-started/system-requirements--and-installation says I need:

Supports Second Level Address Translation (EPT or NPT)

to run Hyper-V.

I read elsewhere that I don't really need it, unless I want RemoteFX.

Do I need to have EPT or NPT to run Hyper-V (2012 or 2016)? My processor is Intel Xeon CPU E5-2620 v4 @ 2.10Ghz, but apparently I have the implementation that has everything except EPT. There is not BIOS setting for it, so I am thinking the server motherboard simply cannot support it.

Huh? [This processor supports EPT.](http://ark.intel.com/products/92986/Intel-Xeon-Processor-E5-2620-v4-20M-Cache-2_10-GHz) — Michael Hampton, Oct 11 '16 at 18:57
What about it? It says you also have to use compatible motherboards, firmware, etc. — Michael Hampton, Oct 11 '16 at 20:30
Then the fault isn't with your processor, as you stated. You probably have something in the BIOS turned off that should be on. — Michael Hampton, Oct 11 '16 at 20:33
I did not say it is the processor. I said it is my setup. That is why I asked. I cannot have it, so can I have hyper-v without it. — johnny, Oct 11 '16 at 20:35

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 11 '16 at 17:19

Second Level Address Translation has become a requirement for Server 2016. It was not required for Server 2012 R2 or earlier, except when you wanted a GPU driver to be running in the system (as was the case for RemoteFX or any installation of Hyper-V on a client operating system like Windows 8 or Windows 10.)

Is Supports Second Level Address Translation (EPT or NPT) required to use Hyper-V?

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